## ORDER TO THE VOLOGDA SOVIET
26/13 II 1918

To the Vologda Soviet of Workers', Soldiers'
and Peasants' Deputies

I request that you render every possible assistance to representatives and members of the American embassy who wish to settle temporarily in Vologda¹.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

¹ The departure of members of the American embassy to Vologda was connected with the impending German offensive against Petrograd.

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## TELEGRAM TO THE PENZA SOVIET OF WORKERS' AND SOLDIERS' DEPUTIES,
ITS DEPARTMENTS AND COMMISSARS
[6 March 1918]

To Penza, Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies and commissars:

For strict implementation, we propose to the Soviet, all its departments and commissars, to render every possible active assistance to the Expedition for the Procurement of State Paper Supplies, particularly in accommodating workers arriving from Petrograd and supplying them with food and all necessities. You are proposed to issue immediately an order to all hospitals and medical stations in Penza to cease the admission of wounded and sick, and to notify the appropriate authorities thereof, since the medical stations of Penza are designated for institutions being evacuated from Petrograd¹.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

Published according to the text written by hand by the secretary and signed by V. I. Lenin

¹ The evacuation of institutions was connected with the impending German offensive against Petrograd from the direction of Estonia.

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## MEMORANDUM TO G. V. CHICHERIN

21. III. 1918

Comrade Chicherin,

The bearer—Comrade Maurice Leitelsen², personally known to me, a Bolshevik, would like to obtain the opportunity to go (having secured himself, for example, with our mission in an appropriate position) to Italy for propaganda abroad. I would very much ask you to inform him and assist him if the opportunity presents itself.

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## STATEMENT AT A SESSION OF THE PRESIDIUM
OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY
ON THE QUESTION OF LABOR OBLIGATION¹
27 March 1918

It is impossible to introduce labor discipline by decree. Preparatory work is necessary. The norms of labor discipline must be entrusted for elaboration to practical men, while their implementation in practice should be transferred to the trade unions. The trade unions themselves can scarcely work out the norms.

Perhaps it is necessary to have groups of the best* controllers not from the given trade, since the trade unions will inevitably proceed from the interests of their particular trade. As regards measures to combat violations of labor discipline, mere dismissal without warning is insufficient; a whole series of measures is necessary—these measures should be discussed with practical men, engineers, and foremen.

For the implementation of labor obligation, which we shall apply to the wealthy, it is necessary to work out a form of labor book for each wealthy person.

Published according to the typewritten text of the protocol record

* Thus in the document. Apparently should read "mobile" (see V. I. Lenin, Complete Collected Works, vol. 35, p. 188, 428).

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## ORDER TO N. I. MURALOV

31. III. 1918

Comrade Muralov,

I propose that you take measures to have released from the printing works of Ryabushinsky a printing press that was requisitioned for the Expedition for the Procurement of State Paper Supplies³.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

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## LETTER TO T. I. POPOV

1. IV. 1918

To Comrade T. I. Popov,
Manager of the Moscow Office
of the State Bank

I request that you take note that the safekeeping of the gold reserve rests entirely upon your responsibility, and all communications on questions relating thereto must be conducted by you directly with me or with Comrade Gukovsky², while the communication of any information whatsoever to other institutions and persons is strictly forbidden.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars V. Ulyanov (Lenin)